[Box Backup] Deleted files / Old files

Chris Wilson boxbackup@boxbackup.org
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:36:56 +0100 (BST)


Hi Micha,

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Micha Kersloot wrote:

> i'm a colleague of Tom Albers and we still have some problems with the
> backup of larger files. The files are 4-5GB each. Current status:
>
>  bbstoreaccounts info 254
>                   Account ID: 00000254
>               Last object ID: 209097
>                  Blocks used: 30368040 (118625.16Mb)
>     Blocks used by old files: 72 (0.28Mb)
> Blocks used by deleted files: 6684713 (26112.16Mb)
>   Blocks used by directories: 17190 (67.15Mb)
>             Block soft limit: 25600000 (100000.00Mb)
>             Block hard limit: 30720000 (120000.00Mb)
>          Client store marker: 1218523447231839
> 
> It looks like the housekeeping process is never run, but i've no idea
> how to check that.

There should be messages in the system logs every so often (at the 
TimeBetweenHousekeeping interval) saying "Starting housekeeping" followed 
by "Housekeeping on account 254 removed X blocks...", etc.

What version of Box Backup is running on your store server?

Cheers, Chris.
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